If you're looking for old fashioned Christmas decor ideas, orange slice garland is a great go-to! It's easy to make, very cost-effective, and, if stored properly, can last a long time. In this post I will show you how I made my DIY Christmas Orange Slice Garland, and definitely feel free to change and improvise your own orange slice garlands. Let's take a look...

Easy Elegant DIY Christmas Ornaments

Wow! Again, this year, at this time, I feel like I'm going a mile a minute trying to wrap up last minute projects and tasks. Not to mention the running around for shopping and errands. At times I do wish things could be a little easier and more calm this time of year, but I guess it just comes with the territory, and I love the Christmas and Holiday season so much--it's definitely my favourite part of every year--so I'll never "Krank" it!! I'll put too many things on my "to do" list, stress, meltdown even, and, at some point in there, realize it's all going to be fine - it's Christmas! So, in the spirit of squeezing tasks in, of course I had to get up at least one Christmas post! In this post I'll show you how to make 2 different Christmas ornaments for an elegant touch to your Christmas Tree. And most of the supplies can be found at a dollar store. Let's take a look...

DIY Floater Frames Tutorial

Sometimes all you want to complete a piece of artwork or print, either made yourself or purchased, is a nice clean and simple looking frame. Floater frames are a great way to do this but they can be quite pricey when purchased in-store. In this post I will show you have to make your own slim-style floater frames for a lot less. Once you see how simple it is, you'll want to make frames for all your pictures! Let's take a look...

DIY Farmhouse "X" Bench With Breadboard Style Top

When I set out to design this bench I wanted to build something that would obviously fit in our modern farmhouse style decor, that would fit under our picture window in our livingroom for our dog to lounge on--she loves to watch the people and animals outside--and would have a bit of storage incorporated into it. I found many other benches that inspired me, check out my 12 Farmhouse Bench Inspirations post to see those, and I took bits and pieces of those designs to come up with my own. In the end, the storage that I would have been able to implement into the design wouldn't have been worth it with the way I wanted my bench to look, so I nixed that part, and this is the bench design I came up with...

DIY Chevron Coffee Table - Designed by ME!

Oh. My. GOSH. I am finally finished all the parts that make up this DIY Chevron Coffee Table post! This tutorial and post has taken me wayyy longer than expected to put together! A lot of that has to do with the fact that I had to take a break from editing to do Christmas stuff here on the blog, I took a break from working for the holidays, and then getting back into this project was really hard for me for some reason, and right when things did start to get going after the New Year, I got that terrible flu; worst flu I have ever had! After that I was trying to work on it all the while trying to work on having other posts up for you guys each week, and then finally I just said "This isn't working!"; I was making very little progress on it trying to do things that way, so I just focused my efforts on it and sacrificed having a weekly post in favour of just getting this done! Boy, am I glad I did! I hope you all love this project as much as I am proud of it!

DIY Glass Paint Palette - Cheap & Easy as Heck!

I have to say that I've been really loving my homemade glass paint palette since I made it over a year ago! Your paint swirls around on it so nicely--which is amazing for colour mixing--and you can easily scoop up every last bit of paint with your brush, leaving behind barely any residue, which means so much less wasting of expensive paints! And it's soooo cheap to make one! Being that I've been painting a lot lately, and have been realizing my appreciation for this amazing painting tool even more, it dawned on me that this would be a great tutorial to show my fellow artist followers/subscribers, so I whipped up this little tutorial for you - I hope you'll be as crazy about it as I am! Let's take a look...

DIY Knitted Look Christmas Ornament - No Knitting Needed

This year I am decorating my tree in white and gold with touches of red! I think I will do a post on my tree here on the blog showing you all my ornaments; which ones I bought, which one I made, which ones were given to me. I'm still in the process of making a few things, so in this post I bring you another tutorial for one of those ornaments - DIY Knitted Look Christmas Ornaments. They are very simple to make, you need very little to make them, and I'll throw in a couple tips in this post. Let's go...

DIY Ruffled Felt Christmas Tree Ornament

I'm excited! Today I have the first of my Christmas posts for you! I hope to have several more in the coming weeks, but in this post I have a DIY Ruffled Christmas Tree Ornament that's so stinkin' easy to make you'll be as excited to make them as I am to show them to you! Here we go...

DIY Basic Drawer - Very Easy!

Building a drawer doesn't have to be really difficult or necessitate special, complicated techniques! If you want to learn how to DIY a Basic Drawer, I'll teach you one method in this post - keep reading...

Rustic Dry Brush & Distressing Tutorial

If you’re looking to achieve a very rustic, white washed, distressed appearance to a wood project of your own, this may just be the tutorial for you! I’m going to show you, step-by-step, how I finished my DIY Wood Crate Side Table with this Rustic Dry Brush & Distressing Tutorial.

DIY Wood Crate Side Table - Quick, Easy, Inexpensive!

I know a lot of DIYers like projects that are super quick to do, but the reality is that a lot of the time to create something that is really nice, you trade the cost savings of doing it yourself for the time it takes you to create a beautiful final product... but not this time! If you are one of those people who want a quick DIY project that is really simple to achieve, this is a great project for you! I bet it takes longer to cut your wood and drill your holes for this DIY Wood Crate Side Table--which doesn't take very long--than it takes for you to put it all together! And look how great it looks in addition to being quick to make! Let's take a closer look at the project...

Easiest Book Covers EVER - For School OR Home Decor

Have you ever put together decor for your room using books but it just doesn't look as good as all the cool Pinterest photos? Or have you been asked to cover your school books so that they don't get all crappy and worn out so quickly? Perhaps they already are and you don't like looking at that grimy dirty cover used by many students before you! Maybe you want a book cover that you can customize yourself without it taking a lot of effort! I have the perfect tutorial for you today, then! I'm going to show the easier way to cover a book, it takes about 10 minutes to do it, and all you need is a paper of your choice (brown paper, paper bags, shopping bags, newspaper comics, wrapping paper, etc.) and a pair of scissors. Tape is an optional item, it's not needed, but I recommend using a couple tiny pieces to keep things neat! Let's take a look at the Easiest Book Cover Tutorial Ever...

Large Scale Printing Using A Standard Home Printer

Have you ever done any sketches, line art, or rough drafts of art that you wanted to display on a much larger scale? But now you have to re-draw it again; that can be a pain in the butt for sure... at least that's how I feel. Well, I have a solution for you in this post! You can actually print your images much larger than you realize with a standard 8.5" x 11" printer! I learned this tile printing method early in my graphic design career in order to create quick mock-ups of posters, banners, or ads which I used to double check everything worked aesthetically, and to present scaled drafts to clients or my boss! In this post I'm going to teach you how to print your images as several tiles to create a large enough template for tracing, or larger reference material to refine as a completed piece!

DIY Faux Shiplap & Templating An Alcove Area

I've finally gotten this tutorial done! Phew! It was tough trying to get Vada to cooperate with me--often she didn't--and you'll see evidence of that in the video in how many different outfits I'm wearing, indicating how many different days I worked on it. Little by little I got it done though and so here is my tutorial for DIY Faux Shiplap Walls. Take a peek...

Late to the New Year Posting Party & Memory Box

...but here it is none-the-less, my friends! In my last post, Girl Blowing Bubbles Painting, I briefly mentioned how great it was to be home with my family for the Holidays and how hard it's been getting back to work now that we're back at our house. This weekend I dusted myself (and my project) off and got back to re-finishing our kitchen cabinets--they are looking fantastic by the way--so that's a great start. And now here I am getting my butt in gear to bring you this exciting New Year post... way later than I should be...

DIY Book Angel - Classic Christmas Decor || Under $5

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!! I love Christmas so much--if you've been here on the blog past Christmases then you probably have hear me say this a few times--so I am so excited to bring you guys this very last minute Christmas Tutorial - DIY Book Angel! It's made from just an old book--I use old novels but you can use any old book--and something round for a head... and a bit of glue. Let's take a look at how it's done...

DIY Handmade Christmas Cards - Round 2

They're live, they're live! Finally, my DIY Christmas Cards tutorial for this year is ready and I hope you all like it! In this tutorial you'll find 3 different designs! 

Things have been so busy and all over the place for me with planning for the Holidays-- along with other things popping up--that these cards didn't make it up here until now; I had them scheduled to be up at the beginning of December. It seemed like there was always something unexpected launching at me, or something that V and I had to do. But here they finally are!

DIY Calligraphy Basics - The #1 Rule & Faux Calligraphy

This is just a quick little intro to Modern Calligraphy to prepare for my next tutorial: my DIY Christmas Card Designs for this year!! YAY! In this post I'm teaching you some very basic terminology and the #1 rule when it comes to Calligraphy, plus how anyone can create fake calligraphy without having any special pens or tools! Let's take a look now...

My Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Table - IKEA Hack (or not)

A couple weeks ago I did an Inspirations post on Farmhouse/Rustic Kitchen Tables, now today in this post I am showing you my own Modern Farmhouse Kitchen Table, and steps you can follow to create a similar one yourselves. I've even included the recipe for the custom stain colour I made (real simple) so you can mix up some for yourself if you really love the look of my stained tabletop. Let's take a look at the project, shall we?

DIY Rustic Wood Drawer Box Centerpiece

Things are beginning to come together in our house--I still can't believe we have our own home--and it's been fun for me. I've decided to tackle projects space by space--upstairs first--leaving the bedrooms for later. So my first area, since it is an open concept layout, is the dining/kitchen/living room. I've got all the walls painted and am just finishing up the decor in the dining space. So today I'm showing you how to make this great Rustic Wood Drawer Centrepiece that I made for our dining table. Let's take a look...